LINUX FILESYSTEMS, PART 4 – EXT4 VS. EXT3 AND WHY DELAYED ALLOCATION IS BAD
It covers the main differences between ext3 and ext4 with a focus on filesystem consistency. This article was the initial motivation of this blog series, because many engineers are unaware that the standard option of ext4 (delalloc) is dangerous for their data! 4.1 Main differences Ext3 was available since 2001 with Linux Kernel 2.4.15 and […]